Scotland international has not played since manager arrived in May 2012, but
no offers have been received for him

Paul Lambert has finally revealed that Alan Hutton is being frozen out at Aston Villa because he earns too much money.

Hutton is one of the few remaining members of Villa’s ‘Bomb Squad’ and has not been picked by Lambert since the manager arrived in May 2012.

The Scotland international is training with the club’s development squad and Villa are desperate to shift his £40,000 a week wages off the books, with Lambert admitting he has received no offers.

Hutton, a £3.5 million signing from Tottenham Hotspur, has been picked for Scotland’s friendly against Poland next month and has 38 caps, but has no prospect of playing under Lambert.

Villa have managed to move out high earners Stephen Ireland and Darren Bent, who joined Fulham for the season in September, while Shay Given will play his last game on loan at Middlesbrough at the weekend.